Eswatini - Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group)

Lower secondary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) in Eswatini was 69.76 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 49 years was 69.76 in 2019, while its lowest value was 15.93 in 1971.

Definition: Lower secondary education completion rate is measured as the gross intake ratio to the last grade of lower secondary education (general and pre-vocational). It is calculated as the number of new entrants in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1970 16.19
1971 15.93
1972 18.35
1973 21.54
1974 26.02
1975 27.00
1976 28.97
1977 33.55
1978 35.10
1979 35.31
1980 36.35
1981 35.90
1982 37.31
1983 37.50
1984 36.38
1985 34.96
1986 32.24
1987 32.46
1988 31.73
1989 36.30
1990 33.33
1991 38.16
1992 41.59
1993 39.05
1994 39.20
1995 38.80
1996 37.32
1998 38.44
1999 34.17
2000 33.76
2001 34.71
2002 37.42
2003 35.35
2004 39.33
2005 41.71
2006 47.19
2007 49.54
2009 49.32
2010 52.61
2011 51.82
2012 51.96
2013 55.34
2014 53.13
2015 53.19
2016 62.66
2017 67.45
2019 69.76

Limitations and Exceptions: Data limitations preclude adjusting for students who drop out during the final year of lower secondary education. Thus this rate is a proxy that should be taken as an upper estimate of the actual lower secondary completion rate. There are many reasons why the rate can exceed 100 percent. The numerator may include late entrants and overage children who have repeated one or more grades of lower secondary education as well as children who entered school early, while the denominator is the number of children at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education.

Other Notes: Data retrieved via API in March 2019. For detailed information on the observation level (e.g. National Estimation, UIS Estimation, or Category not applicable), please visit UIS.Stat (http://data.uis.unesco.org/).

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Lower secondary completion rate is calculated as the number of new entrants (enrollment minus repeaters) in the last grade of lower secondary education, regardless of age, divided by the population at the entrance age for the last grade of lower secondary education. Data on education are collected by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics from official responses to its annual education survey. All the data are mapped to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED) to ensure the comparability of education programs at the international level. The current version was formally adopted by UNESCO Member States in 2011. Population data are drawn from the United Nations Population Division. Using a single source for population data standardizes definitions, estimations, and interpolation methods, ensuring a consistent methodology across countries and minimizing potential enumeration problems in national censuses. The reference years reflect the school year for which the data are presented. In some countries the school year spans two calendar years (for example, from September 2010 to June 2011); in these cases the reference year refers to the year in which the school year ended (2011 in the example).

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Education Indicators

Sub-Topic: Outcomes